PRONOUN

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PRONOUN
A pronoun is a word used in
place of one or more nouns.

For example:
Mara looked into the box and
found it empty.

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PERSONAL PRONOUN
A personal pronoun is a short word we use as a simple substitute for the proper name of a
person. Each of the English personal pronouns shows us the grammatical person, gender,
number, and case of the noun it replaces.

First person (the person speaking)

Singular: I, my, mine, me
Plural: we, our, ours, us

Second person (the person spoken to)

Singular: you, your, yours
Plural: you, your, yours

Third person (some other person or thing)

Singular: he, his, him, she, her, hers, it, its
Plural: they, their, theirs, them
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RELATIVE PRONOUN
A relative pronoun is a word that introduces a dependent (or relative) clause and connects it to an
independent clause. A clause beginning with a relative pronoun is poised to answer questions such
as Which one? How many? or What kind? Who, whom, whose, which, and that.
Who: Refers to a person (as the verb’s subject)
Whom: Refers to a person (as the verb’s object)
Which: Refers to an animal or thing
What: Refers to a nonliving thing
That: Refers to a person, animal, or thing

For example:
The woman who came to the door left flowers for you.
I am not sure whom this book belongs to.
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REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

Reflexive pronouns are words ending in – self or selves that are used
when the subject and the object of a sentence are the same. The
reflexive pronouns used in writing English are myself, yourself,
herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves.

For example:
Jane made herself breakfast.

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INDEFINITE PRONOUN

An indefinite pronoun does not refer to any specific person,

thing or amount. It’s indefinite, undefined, and uncertain. It
conveys the idea of all, any, none, or some.

For example:
Someone ate the last slice of pizza.
Nobody was home.
Everybody got lost on the way there.

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DEMONSTRATIVE
PRONOUN

A Demonstrative Pronoun is a pronoun used to

demonstrate any object or something or to point to
something in a sentence is called Demonstrative
Pronoun.

For example:
This is my mother's sweet home.
That looks like you
These are nice flowers.

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INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN
Interrogative Pronouns
It used to ask questions to gain information. They are also called WH-
pronouns. WHO, WHOM, WHAT, WHICH and WHOSE.

For example:
Who is your favorite singer?
Whom was my paper given?
What is your name?
Which girl is his sister?
Whose book did they take?
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 INTENSIVE PRONOUN

A type of pronoun that references back to the antecedent or

subject of the sentence to emphasize who completed the action
in sentence.

For example:
Shiela approved the purchase herself.
I’ll finish the mural myself.

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 POSSESSIVE PRONOUN

Possessive pronouns describe what things belong to which people,

like “her shoe” or “the book is mine.” Possessive pronouns can be
adjectives, like “his bicycle” or they can stand in for nouns, like
“the seats are theirs.” Neither of these forms should have
apostrophes to show possession, so it's ours (not our's) and yours
(not your’s).

For example:
That is her car and this one here is mine.
Let’s see if Dave’s arm is longer than yours.

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ARTICLE
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ARTICLE

An article is a word that modifies

or describes the Noun. It is used
before the noun to show whether
it refers to something specific or
not.

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 DEFINITE ARTICLE

Definite means to be clear, exact or obvious about something. It is

called definite because it is used in relation to a particular thing or
person. The is the definite article in English, which is used to refer
to particular nouns, the identities of which are known. The definite
article indicates that the noun is specific. The speaker talks about a
particular thing.

For example:
I’ll pick you up at the airport.
Do you like the other kids in your class?

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INDEFINITE ARTICLE

Indefinite means something which is not clear, obvious or exact. They are called
indefinite because the identity of the thing or person being spoken about is left
unclear or indefinite. The indefinite articles in English are “a” and “an.”

For example:
Do you have a pencil?
I want to have an apple.

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NUMBER 1-20 ON YOUR PAPER. LIST IN ORDER THE TWENTY
PRONOUNS IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. AFTER EACH
PRONOUN, WRITE THE NOUN TO WHICH IT REFERS.

1. Angela keeps an interesting notebook; in this, she writes down the favorite sayings of her teachers.

2. One of the first entries is a quotation of Mr. Adams, her speech teacher: "Speech is a mirror of the
mind."

3. Another qoutes Ms. Dugan, who once said, "People should never use words they cannot pronounce
or spell. The words are not theirs to use, for they do not belong to them.“

4. Some of the best advice, however, comes from the Coach Morris: "Suppose the opposing players are
too strong for the home team. Since they are four touchdowns ahead of us, we cannot hope to beat
them. My advice is to fight even harder than before. Every boy should say to himself, 'If I must fall, I
will fall forward.'"

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